O'Rielly's Rainforest Retreat Qld. 12th Oct 2012

 This Friday I was in the Lamington National Park in Qld staying at O'Rielly's Rainforest Retreat.
Not a lot of  colour in a rainforest, other than green if you down at ground level, but as they contain 50% of all plant species there is plenty of  'flora' to choose from.

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Black Booyong

Climbing fern.

Stinging Tree

Stinging Tree

Bleeding Heart leaf.

Nasty!

Peperomia tetraphylla
Four-leaved Pepper Plant.

Giant Maidenhair Fern

not sure

not sure

Fungi

Senecio sp.

Geitonoplesium cynosum  -  Scrambling Lily.

Grass trees.

Hakea sp.

Dendrobium kingianum 
Pink Rock Orchid.

Platycerium bifurcatum  -  Elkhorn.

Rainforest fruits.

Birds-nest Fern

Quarry Rd Dural. 5th October 2012

Calochilus sp.  -  Beard Orchid

If this is your first visit to this site "welcome". This is where I show the plants, mainly Australian natives, from my 'Friday forays to photograph flora'.

Time constraints, temperature in the mid 30'sC and gusty winds (again) kept me once again close to home. Even though the main early Spring display had finished there was still enough species to keep me occupied at one of my favourite spots.
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Viminaria juncea  -  Native Broom / Golden Spray

Conospermum ericifolium -  Coneseeds

Comesperma ericinum  -
  Pink Matchheads / Heath Milkwort.

Grevillea buxifolia  -  Grey Spider-flower.

Grevillea buxifolia  -  Grey Spider-flower, seed pods.

Cassinia denticulata  -  Stiff Cassinia

Wahlenbergia gracilis  - 
Sprawling Bluebell, Australian Bluebell.

Caleana sp.  -  Flying Duck-orchid

Caleana sp.  -  Flying Duck-orchid

Conospermum longifolium  -  Long-leaf Coneseeds .

Hybanthus vernonii  -  Erect Violet.

Mitrasacme polymorpha  -  Mitre Weed

Sphaerolobium vimineum  - 
Leafless Globe Pea.

Drosera spathulata  -  Common Sundew

Lindsaea linearis  -  Screw Fern

Angophora hispida  -  Dwarf Apple
 (buds and new growth)

Actinotus minor - Lesser Flannel Flower

Drosea sp.  -  Sundew.

Brisbane Waters National Park (mainly) 28/29th September 2012



New growth of a Grass Tree
pushing out the singed leaves
 after a fire.
(the only Friday photo)

It was a Saturday kind of Friday, as child minding and house inspecting duties cut short my flora photo taking jaunt for this week. Usually on my own, others don't appreciate stopping every couple of meters to stop and take (many) photos of some small object at the side of the track. Anyway I was able to get one photo on Friday and some more on Saturday while others didn't mind going on a short walk to a lookout and also the opportunity to see some big bold red Waratahs.
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One of the peas.



One of the peas.

Leptospermum sp.  -  Tea Tree

Eriostemon buxifolius ssp. obovatus
Box-leaf Wax-flower

Xanthorroea sp  -  Grass Tree

Patersonia sp.  - Purple-flag

Calytrix tetragona  -  Fringe-myrtle

Isopogan anethifolius  -  Narrow-leaf Drumstick

Tetratheca sp.  -  Black-eyed Susan

Livistona australis  -  Cabbage Tree Palm

View to the mouth of the Hawksbury River.
Cabbage Palms in forground.

Pultenaea rosmarinifolia  -  Bush Peas

Goodenia sp.

Kunzea capitata  -  Pink Kunzea

Conospermum longifolium ssp. longifolium
Long-leaf Coneseeds

Telopea speciosissima  -  Waratah (to be seen from afar)

Telopea speciosissima  -  Waratah



 Waratah, use to having it's photo taken.



Telopea speciosissima  -  Waratah